Tag: Triple-Doubles

Sabrina Ionescu just made a ton of WNBA history with her first career triple-double

Sabrina Ionescu is already rewriting WNBA history books

Sabrina Ionescu was the triple-double queen at Oregon — that goes without saying. She had 26 total during her time in college. It’s only natural to think that she’d come to the WNBA and make the same magic happen.

She got started on Tuesday night with her very first career triple-double.

She was an absolute star in the Liberty’s 86-75 win over the Minnesota Lynx. She notched the very first triple-double of her career with 24 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.

That only begins to scratch the surface about how much this game actually means, though. She’s rewriting the WNBA’s history books already at just 23 years old.

In just her sixth career game she became the youngest player in the history of the W to get a triple-double and the first player to ever do it for the Liberty.

On top of that, she’s just the ninth player in league history to ever have a triple-double. Other names include Candace Parker, Cheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Courtney Vandersloot.

Did I mention that this is just her sixth career game? Get ready to rewrite those record books, WNBA. Ionescu is just getting started.

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Russell Westbrook legitimately made NBA history with his triple-double against the Pacers

Russ really went off.

Russell Westbrook has had a pretty rough season — at least by his standards. He hasn’t shot the ball well all year and has turned it over a bunch. He’s also looked a step slower on some nights, which is reasonable at 32 years old.

But Westbrook might have played his best NBA game ever against the Pacers on Monday. It’s definitely in the running.

The Wizards point guard put up numbers that no one has ever seen before — quite literally. He finished the game with 35 points, 14 rebounds and 21 (!!!) assists to lead the Wizards to a win over the Pacers.

Here’s a list of the players who have had a 35 point, 20 assist triple-double, per NBA history:

Russell Westbrook.

That’s it. There’s more to it than that, too.

And with that triple-double, he is now the Wizards’ all-time leader in triple-doubles after 38 games. That’s all it took.

His teammates were hype.

And so was the Wizards’ Twitter account.

This season has mostly been miserable for the Wizards. Well, not even mostly. Pretty much completely. There hasn’t been much to look forward to at all.

So it’s awesome to see Westbrook turn back the clock in this way to deliver one of his best performances ever in a win. As a Wizards fan, personally, I hope it’s the first of many.

Otherwise? Bring me Evan Mobley.

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